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Transitions for the week of 09.09.16

NewsBarbara Francis  |  September 8, 2016

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly.


STAFF CHANGES

Arnie Adkison, to Buckner International, as chief development officer. He most recently was executive director of global resources and chief advancement officer at The Evangelical Alliance Mission.

Jodi Bailey, to Sandston (Va.) Baptist Church, as minister of children and families.

John F. Bridges, to Nurturing Faith, the publishing ministry of Baptists Today, Inc., as director of development. He is also pastor of Green Hill Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, N.C.

Jonathon Brown, to Atlee Community Church, Mechanicsville, Va., as pastor of its Northminster campus.

David Cole, concluding his tenure as minister of music at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C.

Gay Collins, to First Baptist Church, Elon, N.C., as minister of music and children. For the past 10 years she has been director of music at First United Methodist Church, Demopolis, Ala.

Miller Cunningham, concluding his tenure as associate senior pastor at Park Cities Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, after 11 years.

Scott Finley, to Troutville (Va.) Baptist Church, as associate pastor.

Grayson Leach, to Discovery Church, Virginia Beach, Va., as associate pastor of worship and evangelism.

Tom Lynch, to First Baptist Church, Ashland, Va., as pastor of students and family life, effective Sept. 15. He comes from the pastorate of Woodland Heights Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.

Trisha Miller Manarin, to the Baptist World Alliance, as coordinator for the division of mission evangelism and justice. She is executive coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and director of supervised ministry and an adjunct professor at the John Leland Center for Theological Studies.

Brandon Minter, to Mill Creek Baptist Church, Fincastle, Va., as youth pastor.

Michael Moore, to Calvary Baptist Church, Winchester, Va., as interim pastor.

Edgar Palacios, concluding his tenure after 18 years as pastor of Christian education at Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., to become El Salvador ambassador to Canada.

Steve Nethery, to Spring Hill Baptist Church, Ruckersville, Va., as senior pastor, effective in October.  He comes from the pastorate of Horizon Community Church, Chesapeake, Va.

Jennifer E. Pelissero, to Durham Memorial Baptist Church, Durham, N.C., as minister of discipleship and children.

Tom Pendergrass, to Discovery Church, Virginia Beach, Va., as administrator and senior adult minister.

Paul Rozecki, now serving as minister of music at New Highland Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va.

Tiffany Slaughter, to Hull’s Memorial Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, Va., as its minister of family life.

Bill Smith, to Church at Clarendon, Arlington, Va., as interim pastor.

Vickie Traynum, to Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, as advancement director. Previously she was executive director of the Mooresville Soup Kitchen and was owner of her own consulting company, 720designs.

Taylor Vancil, now serving as minister of music First Baptist Church, Mount Holly, N.C.

Jim White, to Walnut Hills Baptist Church, Williamsburg, Va., as interim senior pastor, effective Sept. 25.

Brian Williams, to Ivy Memorial Baptist Church, Hampton, Va., as pastor.

Chris Wondree, concluding his tenure as minister to youth at May Memorial Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va. 

DEATHS

Lien Hwa Chow, 96, died Aug. 6 in Taiwan. He was one of the leading Baptist theologians and theological educators on the Asian continent. He was professor at Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary from 1954-1985 and president of ABGTS, a consortium of nine seminaries in eight countries, from 1995-2004. He was pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Gaipei, Taiwan, from 1954-1985. He was predeceased by his wife, Marie Yuan. He is survived by three sons, Joel, John and Joshua.

Charles Z. Smith, 89, died Aug. 28 in Seattle, Wash. He was former president of American Baptist Churches USA, who rose from simple beginnings in the Deep South to become a pioneering African American jurist. He worked for more than 50 years as an attorney and served as an associate dean of the University of Washington Law School. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor; four children; and six grandchildren.

Bailey Stone, 86, died Aug 26 in Plano, Texas. He was a full-time evangelist before becoming pastor of Longview Heights Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn. He also was pastor of these Texas Baptist churches: First Baptist of McKinney; First Baptist of Bryan, and First Baptist of Odessa. He then became director of evangelism of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; three sons, Bailey III, Tim and John; and four grandchildren.

KUDOS

CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES

Colosse Baptist Church, West Point, Va.; 225 years; Sept. 11.

Campbell University Divinity School, Buies Creek, N.C.; 20 years; Sept. 13.

STAFF ANNIVERSARIES

Frank Broome, 20 years as executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia.

Greg Burriss, 20 years as pastor of Rocky River Baptist Church, Siler City, N.C.

Ronald L. Byrd, 25 years as associate pastor for music and education at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church, Sanford, N.C.

Michael Edwards, 5 years as pastor of May Memorial Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va.

David Engleman, 25 years as pastor of Chesterfield Baptist Church, Moseley, Va.

Dennis Foust, 5 years as pastor of St. John’s Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C.

Wayne Yawn, 25 years as pastor of United Baptist Church, Annandale, Va., and First Baptist Church, Annandale, Va. 

 

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Transitions for the week of 08.26.16

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